[Group of Men Boarding an Airplane]

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Photograph of a group of young men from St. Edward's University boarding a Braniff Airways flight at the Austin, Texas Municipal Airport. They are all wearing suits and ties, and one of them is wearing a hat. The pilot is standing on the ground under the plane, and a flight attendant is standing at the top of the stairs.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Creation Information

Mears, Dewey G. March 19, 1949.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive and was provided by the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 96 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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Photograph of a group of young men from St. Edward's University boarding a Braniff Airways flight at the Austin, Texas Municipal Airport. They are all wearing suits and ties, and one of them is wearing a hat. The pilot is standing on the ground under the plane, and a flight attendant is standing at the top of the stairs.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive

Dewey Gerald Mears was a noted architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas from the 1940s through 1990s. Photographs from his collection document the architecture, commercial businesses and people of Austin and Central Texas during the mid-to-late 20th century.

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  • March 19, 1949

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  • June 22, 2017, 10:16 p.m.

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  • Dec. 5, 2017, 1:53 p.m.

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Mears, Dewey G. [Group of Men Boarding an Airplane], photograph, March 19, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth856973/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

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